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Features
In conversation with Shannon Trust
We find out more about the charity's work to support maths education in prisons.
Making a Möbius strip
Sophie Bleau chops up, unravels, and squeezes the torus into shape
Penguins: the emperors of fluid dynamics
Sam Harris looks at how Pingu and his friends can stay cosy
How to be more Pythagoras
Max Hughes investigates how channelling your inner Pythagorean may help you to become the next big lifestyle influencer
On the cover: VisualPDE.com
Ben Walker, Adam Townsend & Andrew Krause invite you to play with their fun online PDE visualiser
Do the shuffle: finding π in your playlists
Henry Jaspars really likes Nick and Norah’s infinite playlist.
A day in the life: statisticians
We talk to four statisticians working in different jobs across industry and academia
Mathematics and pregnancy
Eleanor Doman and Qi Zhou swap percentages for placenta-ges
Significant figures: David Singmaster (1938–2023)
Colin Wright remembers the puzzle giant with a passion for sharing
Ode to Newtonian mechanics
(after Sonnet 130)
Fun
Dear Dirichlet, Issue 17
Canines, Cliff Richard and conditioning find their way into the prof's postbox this issue.
Prize crossnumber, Issue 17
Can you solve it?
What’s your coding style?
Just answer these EIGHT simple questions!
Red carpet recap
The best and worst from this year's Met Gala
What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 17
Fashion is fleeting, Chalkdust regulars are not.
Top Ten: Mathematical Monties
The definitive chart of the best monties
Page 3 model: To betray or not to betray?
That is the question
Book of the Year 2022
We announce the winners of this coveted prizeTop Ten vote issue 17
Have your say
Cryptic crossword, Issue 17
Can you solve it?
Which type of statement are you?
Are you a theorem? Are you an axiom?
The big argument: Is maths discovered or created?
And who's responsible for my minus sign errors?
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